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The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) addressed in a January 26th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) a question regarding a draft memorandum the...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a November 2023 report titled: Hazardous Waste Management Program Implementation Costs Report (“Report”) - The Report was...more
States across the country have been regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) over the last few years. Recent actions taken by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) underscores that point:...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a June 7th guidance document titled: Open Burning and Open Detonation (OB/OD) of Waste Explosives Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)...more
The Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit (“Court of Appeals”) addressed an issue arising out of a Clean Water Act (“CWA”) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) citizen suit action. See Conservation Law...more
Texas is now the third state with an approved CCR permit program. On June 28, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency published the approval of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s partial State Coal Combustion...more
On Aug. 21, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its Final Rule, Streamlining Procedures for Permit Appeals, in the Federal Register (85 Fed. Reg. 51,650), which becomes effective Sept. 21 for all...more
The Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“Court”) addressed in a January 7th opinion a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) closure issue. See State ex. rel. Regan v. Wasco, LLC, No. COA19-355, 2020 WL 63913 (N.C....more
Vickery Environmental, Inc. (“Vickery”) filed an October 7th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) challenging certain conditions...more
In the late 1980s, when I was an associate at the environmental boutique law firm of Berle, Kass, and Case in New York City, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and John Cronin came to visit the firm to discuss a new project they had...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) added a December 17, 2018, letter to its Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) Compendium (“Compendium”) addressing the terms “owner” or “operator.” The...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Armtec Countermeasures Co. (“ACC”) entered into a March 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control &...more
• The Trump Administration released an ambitious $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan on Feb. 12, 2018 – a plan that includes many provisions focused upon encouraging the reuse of contaminated brownfields and Superfund sites. ...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced in an October 18th news release that Phillip Michael Huddleston pleaded guilty to violating the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (“RCRA”). DOJ states alleges that...more
Our firm has recently represented clients in two projects associated with brownfields that may signal an increased willingness on the part of regulatory authorities to facilitate redevelopment of contaminated properties. ...more